Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
No, not cranberries. Nandina from my porch. Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂 ~ Susanne
Fresh snow is falling today, light and fluffy. It’s beautiful but it’s been a long winter and I’m ready for spring. Until then, Happy Valentines Day. ~ Susanne
Monday, Monday and rain is falling here in the Pacific Northwest. Though I was looking for red and pink for this week’s Sunday Stills Challenge, I firstly found raindrops on green. Fortunately, the green was surrounded by red berries, and even the droplets contained… Continue Reading “Looking for Red and Pink on a Green and Rainy Day”
The droplets clung to the berries as I waited for them – no, willed them – to fall. But they hung on. Tenaciously. Effortlessly. Waiting till no one was watching. Just like tears. Waxing poetic for Sunday Stills, Red and Green. ~ Susanne
I don’t normally appreciate abstracts in modern art as I tend to prefer ‘reality.’ But nature is both real AND abstract when seen up close, as with this raspberry. I was chasing a butterfly in the picture below – I mean with my zoom… Continue Reading “Abstracts in Nature”
Rain, rain, and more rain in the Pacific Northwest. Dismal. Dreary. Dampening. Disappointing. Even so, the berries offer the occasional bright spot, lighting up the yard. I shouldn’t complain. We’ve fared much better than the rest of the country, which has been hard hit… Continue Reading “Red Berries on a Rainy Day”